Inservice Trainings

Training Dates: June 24-25, 2009

Staff Meeting #1

  1. Questions & Answers
  2. Tweaking Groups
  3. Overview of Individual Education Plans (IEP) with Kelli VanGessel and Christen Pierce

Staff Meeting #2

1. Informal Introduction of Brain Gym
2. DIBELS/LETRS Assessment Results
3. Questions & Answers/ (+) (-) of 1st Full Week/ Student Planning

If the introduction to Brain Gym is intriguing and you would like to see schedules/dates of formal trainings, please visit the website of the Michigan Brain Gym Consortium

Staff Meeting #3

1. Scoring the TOWL (Test of Written Language ) *You will have time to practice scoring these assessments & writing goals.*
2. KeyMath scores--> What do they mean and where do we go from here?
3. Beauty & the Beast

Staff Meeting #4

*Snack provided by Amy Barto*
1. Discuss pros/cons of scoring assessments (Re: TOWL)
2. Student Dialogue
3. Odds & Ends (wikispace/ SOAP notes/ student absences/etc.)
4. Thorns & Roses

Staff Meeting #5

1. Student Summaries (To be completed by Friday, June 31, 2009, Report to LMA @ 8:00am)
2. CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES (Planning for Thursday's festivities) LOTS of ideas!
3. Housekeeping (Time to put all supplies/resources back in their original places.)